1963 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Cabriolet

112023.12.003183roadGermany

Engine: 3.0L inline-six, single overhead camshaft, fuel-injected
Colour: Medium blue over light grey leather

A 1963 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Cabriolet (W112) finished in Medium Blue over Light Grey leather, delivered new from the Sindelfingen factory with Italian-specification lighting and several factory options suggesting Italian delivery. The car crossed to the United States within its first decade and remained with a single American owner for nearly fifty years. Beginning in 2015, it underwent a thorough multi-year nut-and-bolt restoration encompassing an engine rebuild, pneumatic suspension overhaul, fresh paintwork, new leather interior, and reinstatement of European headlamps, supported by a factory data card and an extensive photographic record.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold US$184,800
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1963 →Acquisition unknown
European owner or owners prior to US import
partial documentation
Car was built in January 1963 with Italian-spec lighting and export plates, suggesting initial European delivery; it crossed the Atlantic sometime in the following decade.
1976 →Acquisition unknown
Consignor
full documentation
Owned the car for nearly five decades; initiated a comprehensive multi-year nut-and-bolt restoration starting in 2015, with hundreds of photographs documenting the process alongside period brochures, manuals, and correspondence.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2015
Restoration
Comprehensive nut-and-bolt, multi-year restoration covering a full rebuild of the numbers-matching engine and pneumatic self-leveling suspension, application of fresh Medium Blue paint, replacement of the Light Grey leather interior, overhaul of a period-correct air-conditioning system, and reinstatement of European-style headlamps. The process is documented by several hundred photographs.
A factory data card copy confirms the numbers-matching engine and original build specification. Period literature, correspondence, and photographs spanning roughly five decades accompany the car.

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